Cyberpunk- focuses on high tech and low life. also includes extensive human interaction with super computers and a punk ambiance.Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and mega corps. and tend to be set in the the near future earth.
Analysis- The Stars My Destination fits in to genre of Cyberpunk due to many facts that are provided throughout the story. People in the book have many features that are not possible in todays world. for example: people can jaunt, which is like teleporting from place to place. also there is a one way telepath, which blurts the thoughts out of someones head. The book plays off the cyberpunk genre because it deals with hackers, artificial intelligence ans mega corps. Gully Foyle expeirences these first hand with Prestign, androids, and others. some key facts that make this a Cyberpunk novel is, the transformation that Gully took from being all tattooed then being fixed and then being upgraded with high tech equipment. Also there are people living out in distant asteroids and survive with making homes out of torn apart ships. The book is set on Terra, which is Earth in the future. It has evovle from our era into a place with spaceships, androids,
Analysis- The Stars My Destination fits in to genre of Cyberpunk due to many facts that are provided throughout the story. People in the book have many features that are not possible in todays world. for example: people can jaunt, which is like teleporting from place to place. also there is a one way telepath, which blurts the thoughts out of someones head. The book plays off the cyberpunk genre because it deals with hackers, artificial intelligence ans mega corps. Gully Foyle expeirences these first hand with Prestign, androids, and others. some key facts that make this a Cyberpunk novel is, the transformation that Gully took from being all tattooed then being fixed and then being upgraded with high tech equipment. Also there are people living out in distant asteroids and survive with making homes out of torn apart ships. The book is set on Terra, which is Earth in the future. It has evovle from our era into a place with spaceships, androids,